ROOTS...

My life has been a whirlwind for sure. Our move to Ohio has brought many emotions for me, joys, fears, excitment, wonder, loss, confusion, anticipation and tears of all sorts. Somehow this move has been filled with all of them. As I have begun reading a book "After the Boxes are Unpacked" it has helped me to feel that I am not alone in these feelings and that time and Jesus will bring them into balance and that they are all normal. That has helped me a lot.

I have seen answered prayers for sure. We have been speaking truth to Angela through this whole move that God does have an awesome plan for her as well. Her experience at Toledo Christian has already been a positive experience for her. I am so happy. I just knew it was going to be good for her. She loves wearing a uniform every day - and we are praying for our mission trip to Costa Rica in the spring through her new school. That is so awesome to me - what a great opportunity.

I read this morning some verses that most of us have read many times but some words seemed to come more alive for me today. "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

Check this out - Christ's Spirit is in our inner being and with it we have power - WOW - and I love the SO THAT part! SO THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN OUR HEART! I was thinking last night about some of the sadness and even hurt I have faced in our move. The part about our roots being pulled out of the ground. A plant will face some trauma if it's roots are pulled out, but if re-planted in good soil it will again begin to grow. This scripture is a clear reminder that my/our roots need to be in Christ's love. When they are I love the result - we will know how wide and long and high and deep Jesus love for us is in a way that we cannot even begin to understand it. And the best part of all this is the last words 'THAT WE MAY BE FILLED TO THE MEASURE OF ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD.' Seriously, the fullness of God can actually fill us. His love can so overcome us that we will be overcome with it. I feel that right now and it's awesome.

Stop for a moment, listen to this song, close your eyes, and seek his presence. He will be found.